Hugh Thompson
In an interview from 2004, Tim Sebastian asks why professional troops from democratic countries commit barbarous acts. What lessons can be learned from Hugh Thompson's experience?
HARDtalk celebrates its twentieth anniversary with a repeat of an interview first broadcast in 2004. The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam saw American soldiers kill defenceless women and children in a shameful episode in American military history. Hugh Thompson was a helicopter pilot who went to the rescue of the trapped villagers, ordering his gun crew to train their guns on their fellow soldiers in an effort to halt the slaughter. Tim Sebastian asks why professional troops from democratic countries commit barbarous acts and what lessons can be learned from Thompson's experience.
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Role | Contributor |
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Interviewer | Tim Sebastian |
Interviewed Guest | Hugh Thompson |
Broadcasts
- Tue 11 Apr 2017 03:30GMT91热爆 News except UK & UK HD
- Tue 11 Apr 2017 08:30GMT91热爆 News except UK & UK HD
- Tue 11 Apr 2017 14:30GMT91热爆 News except UK & UK HD
- Tue 11 Apr 2017 19:30GMT91热爆 News except UK & UK HD
- Mon 19 Mar 2018 04:30GMT91热爆 News except UK & UK HD
- Mon 19 Mar 2018 09:30GMT91热爆 News except UK & UK HD
- Mon 19 Mar 2018 15:30GMT91热爆 News except UK & UK HD
- Mon 19 Mar 2018 22:30GMT91热爆 News Europe, Middle East & Africa only
- Tue 20 Mar 2018 03:30GMT91热爆 News Latin America & North America only